Powerball player wins $50,000 in Texas. Where was the lucky ticket sold?
A Powerball player in Texas won $50,000, just missing the $55 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, May 5, the Texas Lottery said.
The lucky ticket was sold at a gas station in San Antonio, lottery officials told McClatchy News.
A ticket sold in Puerto Rico won $2 million in the drawing.
Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $65 million, with a cash value of about $29.9 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, May 7, the national Powerball site said.
The winning numbers were 16, 34, 40, 45 and 66, with a Powerball of 19, the site said. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
More than 250,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.
The Powerball jackpot was last won April 26, when a Kentucky player hit the $167 million grand prize, lottery officials said.
What to know about Powerball
To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.